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A boy and a young man in front of a unicef tent

Rebuilding childhoods after trauma

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Sekou becomes wistful when I ask him about his village. “Before, things were good. At night, we’d sit around the campfire and tell stories with our parents. And during the day, we’d dance and play the drums.” He comes from a tiny village in Mopti, the central region of Mali that has increasingly become the theater of violence and… Read more →←
A boy holds a white translucent rubber ball in his hand as he looks at other similar glowing orbs in a box inside a dimly lit room.

Towards a child-friendly justice system in Kyrgyzstan

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Whenever I am in a courtroom I remember the old legal quote: “the trial itself is a punishment.” Whether you are an accused, a witness or an injured person, being party to a trial is a stress that in many cases reaches the level of punishment. This principle is true for children whose emotions are particularly tender and susceptible.… Read more →←
Chinese youth icon Wang (Roy) Yuang sits with school children in a classroom

Actions speak louder: The voice of today’s youth

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I am Wang Yuan. This is my second opportunity to participate in the Youth Forum at United Nations Headquarters. It has been a privilege to listen to the perspectives and ideas from other young people and to be part of the discussion with experts and youth delegates from all over the world. I was nervous the first time I… Read more →←
Two girls huddled together, smiling as they face the camera

Restarting childhood in Libya

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“I wish we could go back to living in our home like it was before a rocket hit it.” Raquiaa, 6, lives with her older sister, Rukaya, 7, younger brother Saleh and parents in Janzour, Libya. In 2014, when the conflict started, an explosion hit their house injuring Saleh who was just three months old at the time. Rukaya and Raquiaa were… Read more →←
A boy in a blue shirt carries two water containers across dusty ground.

Children displaced from Raqqa find respite from fear

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As heavy fighting rages in Raqqa, more than 200,000 people, half of them children, have been forced to flee their homes. They risk everything to reach safety. Many travel on roads full of landmines, or dodge shelling and snipers. One of their destinations is Ain Issa, 50 kilometres from the front lines in Raqqa city. The Ain Issa camp… Read more →←
A photo of two flags side-by-side.

Long journey to Europe: a father’s perspective

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{Author’s note: Last week, Noala Skinner, Director, UNICEF Brussels and Sam Mort, Senior Communications Advisor, UNICEF HQ, travelled to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The objective of their trip was to see how the EU/UNICEF partnership is making a difference for children. Here, they share their impressions of something… Read more →←
On 10 September, children, women and men who have fled their homes amid the ongoing refugee and migrant crisis walk near the town of Gevgelija.

Child refugees and migrants are children first

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Jasamin (3) from Afghanistan is one of the tens of thousands of refugee and migrant children on the move to Europe. I first caught sight of her moments after she crossed the border from Greece into the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, with her parents and Mohamed, her 19-month-old brother. Like the hundreds of children crossing the… Read more →←

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